Individual wheel mounting



NOV. 17, 1931. F, C. MCMANUS INDIVIDUAL WHEEL MOUNTING Filed June 19. 1929 .Patented Nov.i 17, 1931 IVRANKC. Alill:C1\l|.'.A1\`|"US, OF BROOKLYN,` NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO. INTERNATIONAL Moron. COMPANY, or NEW YORK, N.

Y., A2 CORPORATION QF DELAWARE INDIVIDUAL WHEEL MOUNTING Application led June 19,

,The present invention relates to wheel Inountings for vehicles and embodies, more specifically, an improved wheel mounting in which the driving wheels of motor vehicles are independently/'mounted upon the vehicle frame and driven by individual driving f mechanisms.

j Improved forms of drives-have been designed for the purpose of mounting wheels 3c. individually upon vehicle frames and certain forms thereof have included drives which provide fory movement of the wheels with respect to the frame in a plurality of planes. These drives have been mounted upon the axle i5 housings which have been rigidly secured to the frames and provision for movement of the wheels in a plurality of planes has been made by incorpor'ating a suitable .connecl tion between the wheel mountings and the zo axle housings.

The present invention embodies an improved form of mounting and drive for Wheels of the above character in which the axle housings, as well as the wheel mountings, are mounted upon the frame with provision for rotative movement with respect thereto about the axis of the transmission shaft. Suitable means is provided for opposing yieldingly, such rotative movement and springs are mounted upon the frame to 'resistmovement of the` wheels in a vertical plane. Y Y An object ofthe invention, accordingly, is

...to provide an improved form of mounting i nd drive for individually mounted wheels,

the mounting providing for movement ofthe wheelsn a plurality of planes with respect ,to the frame' of the vehicle. Y

A further object of the invention is to pro- 40 vide an improved wheely mounting of the f above character in which provision is made for movement of the axle housing about.

` the axis of the transmission shaft, the wheel mountings being journaled upon the axle 45. housing.

A further object of the invention is to provide a wheel mounting in J which the wheels, wheel supports, and axle housings are mounted as a unit for movement in a l 59 plane transverseto the vehicle frame and roi929. serial No. :172,022.

tat-able about the axis of Athe transmission shaft. y

Further objects of the invention, not specically enumerated above, will be apparent as the vinvention is described in greater detail in connection with theV accompanying/drawings., wherein:

Figurel is a view in transverse elevation,

partly in section, and showing a wheel mounting constructed in accordance with the i present invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view showing the wheel mounting of Figure l.

Referring to the above'drawings, adesignates theside frame members of a vehicle chassisprovided with brackets a.

Brackets a are formed with covers a2 which, with the brackets a', form hollou7 cylindrical bearing surfaces. The edges of the brackets and covers are turned inwardly at to provide inwardly extending radial ianges.

Wheels b are eachmounted upon a wheel support c which is preferably formed in two portions.` The inner portionis formed with a sleeve c adapted to be journaled upon the appropriate axle housing d, thus permitting movement of the wheels in vertical planes. Blocks of yielding non-metallic material e are carried by the brackets a and position` the sleeve o with respect to the frame a.

The axle housings carry the usualjack shafts and driving sprockets d for driving the wheels b in a well known manner. AVertical movement of the wheel support c is yieldingly opposed by cantilever springs c2 which are secured to the frame members a and project outwardly, the jends thereof en' gaging suitable bosses formed in the wheel y supports. e

Transmission shaft f drives a differential 'f' which'is journaled at f2 in a bracket f3 carried by atransversesupport f4. port is mounted between the frame members and-permits the differentialY f to turn upon an raxis coincident withthat of the transmi.

The supsion shaft f.

It will thus be seen that the wheels b, wheel supports c, and axle housings ai are mounted with provision for vrotative movement about the axis of the trunnion bearing f2. In addition, the Wheels may move in a vertical plane about the axis of the axle housings ai, and all r movement of these elements is opposed by June, A.. 111929.

suitable cushioning members.

While the invention has been described with specific reference to the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, it is not to be limited, save as defined in the appended claim. e

I claim as my invention:

A wheel mounting comprising a frame, a wheel, a Wheel mounting, means to cushion relative movement between the Wheel mounting and frame, an axle housing and dierential housing,

and axle housings upon a fore and aft longitudinal axis of the rame,a sleeve on the wheel mounting and journ'aled upon the axle r housing, a bracket on the frame having'an annular aperture through Which the sleeve extends, and an annular-block of yielding non-metallic material in the aperture, the axle housing being secured in the aperture by the non-metallic material.

This specication signed this 13thl day of FRANK o. MCMANUS.

a trunnion bearing on the diff ferential housing to vjournal the differentialy 

